Resilient wheel



W. A. WITTEN.

RESILIENT WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.28, 1919.

Patented Apr. 27, 1921).

AT YORNEYX V STATES PATENT OFFIQE,

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WILLIAM- A. WITTEN, OF DUNCAN, OKLAHOMA.

RESILEENT specification of I.etters Patent. Patented Apr, 27, 1920,

Application filed November 28, 1919. Serial No. 341,254.

the arrangement and constructionot such a wheel.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a vehicle wheel of the character described which may be used with solid rubber tires or pneumatic tires and which is very durable and relatively simple in constructien and not of expensive manufacture My invention will be more fully under stood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying. drawings, forming part hereoi in which Figure l. is a side elevational view of a Wheel embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view oi a portion of the wheel showing the manner oi? connecting the rim to the telly, and

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view ofthe tire, telly and rim, illustrating the means employed to fasten the springs to the telly and rim. 7

Referring more particularly to the drawings, i denotes the hub of the wheel, 2 the spokes and 3 and at the telly and tire, respectively.

Between the telly 3 and theends of the spokes 2 is a rim 5 to which the spokes are connected,-an annular space being provided between the telly and rim for the springs 6 which, as indicated in Fig. 1, are disposed at suitable intervals around the peripheries of the rim 5 and any 3, each end of the spring supported in a cup? attached to the telly and rim in any suitable manner.

The coiled springs 6 thus interposed between the felly 8 and rim and firmly seated in the cups 7 allows the rim 5 carrying the spokes free movement in any direction except laterally, that is the hub, spokes and rim are prevented from moving in a direction at right angles to the telly and tire by the brace, as shown in Fig. 2, the main link 8 of which brace is pivoted to the telly 8 by the support and pin 8 and 8 the arms of the link passing around the rim 5 at the point of intersection of the rim and link. ltigidly attached to the rim 5 and spoke 2 is a support 9 for the smaller link 10 which is pivoted thereto by a pin ii. The arms of the link 10 also pass around spoke 2 in a manner similar to the arenient of link 8 and rim 5, l h links i spokes 2 and play b n the arms of the links, the links prove I V lateral movement oi the rim Changes may be made in-thc details oi" construction oi the wheel without materially departing from the spirit oi? the invention.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ire- The combination with vehicle wheel of a telly and an inner rim, s nings between the telly and rim, oi'i-a plurality of hrs a pivotally attached to the rim and felly,e cu.

of said braces comprising two pivoted inks,-

one link having its arms passing around the rim, the arms of the. other link passing around the spokes, both links pivoted tov gether to form a brace, and means for retaining the springs between the telly and In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificatlon.

WILLIAM A. WITTEN. 

